Fish feed supplements get immune cells fit

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Nutritional supplements in fish feed, β-glucans, strengthen the immune system cells of fish, as PhD candidate Jules Petit discovered. That may reduce the need to…

Finding out why frogs’ feet stick

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Tree frogs owe their adhesive ability to a “Dutch” principle: the van…

‘High-tech agriculture can be circular too’

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Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Carola Schouten presented an implementation…

‘Without John van der Oost, CRISPR-Cas would never have become this big’

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International leaders from the CRISPR world praise WUR professor John van der…

Circular plan: new legislation on the way

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The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality’s implementation plan, which Minister…

Agriculture hypes are tricky in Africa

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Popular new farming methods such as conservation agriculture don’t help African farmers.…

‘Academic subjects need one another’

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Science scholars in the Young Academy are calling on their colleagues to…

WUR investigates using insects for animal feed

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NWO will invest 4 million euros in a major study into the…

Which infectious diseases caused by insects should we prepare for?

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Researchers from Erasmus MC, WUR and other institutes will investigate how the…

Breeding good farmed fish is a precise business

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Livestock breeders develop animals with particular traits such as a high milk…